Burke and Wills - The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers by Peter FitzSimons
$36.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first E ...Show more
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
$36.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the Holocaust, award-winning journalist and best-selling novelist Jonathan Freedland uncovers the extraordinary story of the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz, a man who was determined to warn the world--and ...Show more
Beyond Band of Brothers : The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
$39.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches and reach the solid gr ...Show more
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts
$49.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy.We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts.The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
$24.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Darwin Spitfires: The Real Battle for Australia by Anthony Cooper
$34.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
The Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 are well known to most Australians, but what happened afterwards?For almost two years the airspace over north-west Australia was routinely penetrated by Japanese air raids, tallying about 70 in total. The 1942–43 air raids on Darwin constituted the on ...Show more
Soldier: Respect Is Earned by Jay Morton
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Category: History & Military
With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best. Soldier is Jay Morton's masterclass in mindset, strategy and excellence. Drawing on his extraordinary pe ...Show more
An Australian Band of Brothers: Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th Division by Mark Johnston
$34.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
This riveting book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, which sustained more casu ...Show more
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 by Antony Beevor
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Category: History & Military
The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard 'The eye for telling detail whi ...Show more
Hitler's Tanks by Chris McNab
$56.99 AUD
Category: History & Military
The Panzers that rolled over Europe were Germany's most famous fighting force, and are some of the most enduring symbols of World War II. However, at the start of the war, Germany's tanks were nothing extraordinary and it was operational encounters such as facing the Soviet T-34 during Operation Barbaro ...Show more
SAS: Rogue Heroes - Now a major TV drama by Ben Macintyre
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Category: History & Military
In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. So began the most celebrated and mysterio ...Show more